SOC 25-1072 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in Salt Lake City, UT

The average salary for nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Salt Lake City, Utah is $84,890 a year, according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $76,020: half of the 190 people in this job in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is about the same as the U.S. average for this job ($86,410).

$84,890average per year

Median $76,020Take-home ≈ $64,773

  • $52K10th
  • $62K25th
  • $76KMedian
  • $107K75th
  • $125K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

190people in this job
-2%vs U.S. average
#1 of 3Utah metros
101cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay range in Salt Lake City

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $51,990 a year or less, while the top 10% make $125,490 or more. The middle half of nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Salt Lake City earn between $62,080 and $106,850.

  • $52K10th
  • $62K25th
  • $76KMedian
  • $107K75th
  • $125K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$84,890$7,074—
Median$76,020$6,335—
Entry level (25th percentile)$62,080$5,173—
Experienced (75th percentile)$106,850$8,904—

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year (BLS publishes this job's pay as annual only). Hourly to annual salary.

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Salt Lake City vs. Utah and the U.S.

Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Salt Lake City earn 6% more than the Utah average ($79,910) and about the same as the U.S. average ($86,410). At the median the gap is -5% against the U.S. median of $80,250.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Salt Lake City$84,890$76,020$51,990$125,490190
Utah$79,910$82,320$50,190$106,850580
United States$86,410$80,250$48,800$129,50077,960

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary after taxes in Salt Lake City

On the average salary of $84,890, a single filer in Salt Lake City takes home about $64,773 a year, or $5,398 a month and $2,491 every two weeks. Taxes take 24% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Utah's taxpayer credit is estimated with the Tax Commission's withholding formula.

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Is Salt Lake City a good place for nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Salt Lake City area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 100.9), so the average $84,890 buys what about $84,159 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.4 times the median wage of all jobs in Salt Lake City ($55,240). A typical home costs $568,656, or 6.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary in other Utah cities

Salt Lake City ranks 1st of 3 Utah metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salaries in Utah

Highest-paying cities for nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary

Waco, TX pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($163,530).

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary by city

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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary in Salt Lake City: questions

What is the entry-level nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary salary in Salt Lake City?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $51,990 a year and the 25th percentile is $62,080, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary take-home pay in Salt Lake City?

About $64,773 a year ($5,398 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $84,890. Utah's taxpayer credit is estimated with the Tax Commission's withholding formula.

Do nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary earn more in Salt Lake City than elsewhere?

The average here is about the same as the U.S. average for this job ($86,410).

Sources and how to read this page

  • Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates for metropolitan areas. SOC code 25-1072; area Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (41620). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 1.6%.
  • U.S. and statewide figures: BLS OEWS national and state estimates, May 2025, every employer including rural areas.
  • Cost of living: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities (RPP), 2024; 100 = U.S. average.
  • Home value: Zillow Home Value Index. Typical-wage figure: OEWS all occupations, same metro.
  • Take-home pay: Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Utah's taxpayer credit is estimated with the Tax Commission's withholding formula.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 0.46, this job is less common than in the U.S. overall (location quotient 0.46).

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